tyrannophobic

English

Etymology

From tyranno- +‎ -phobic.

Adjective

tyrannophobic (comparative more tyrannophobic, superlative most tyrannophobic)

1. Characterized by tyrannophobia.
   • 2011, Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule, The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic, →ISBN, page 197:

     In the first, tyrannophobic constitutional designers set up elaborate vetogates, legislative and judicial oversight, and other checks and balances, all with an eye to minimizing the risks of executive dictatorship.

   • 2012, Tom Ginsburg, Comparative Constitutional Design, →ISBN, page 330:

     Our data set is cross-sectional, so we cannot directly test whether a democracy with a tyrannophobic population is less likely to become a dictatorship.

   • 2019, Simon Reid-Henry, Empire of Democracy, →ISBN:

     The conservative legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule thought that the uproar was all just 'tyrannophobic' nonsense.